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Fresco's avatar
Fresco
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3 years ago

Once you have setup a passkey, what to do with your password?

I have setup a few passkeys. Very cool. However, what to do with the password (and TOTP-codes)? Do you need to keep it? Or, maybe, once you are using a passkey, the password won't work no more? I mea...
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GreyM1P
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3 years ago

Fresco

As @BrandonGiesing and Former Member have mentioned, this will really be dependent on how the website is using passkeys.

  • Some will allow you to sign in using only a passkey (a "true" replacement for your username and password).
  • Some will still require you to have a username and password for backwards compatibility.
  • Some will only be using passkeys as a form of two-factor authentication.

For now, I'd recommend keeping your existing sign-in details alongside your new passkey in the Login item. As an example, my Google account still has the username, password, and one-time password, as well as its new passkey, since there might be situations where a passkey can't be used, and I can't "turn off" the password for my Google account.

I hope that helps. :)

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